Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Asif destroyed India's batting might as Pakistan won the third and final cricket Test by a massive 341 runs to clinch the series 1-0.

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Razzaq claimed 4-88 and Asif took 3-48 as India, set an improbable victory target of 607, were shot out for 265 in their second innings just before stumps on the fourth day.

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Yuvraj Singh played a lone hand for the tourists with 122, but could not prevent a heavy defeat in the decisive Test after the first two games in Lahore and Faisalabad ended in high-scoring draws.

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It was Pakistan's best-ever Test win in terms of runs, surpassing the 301-run victory over Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1994.

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India fell just one run short of their worst defeat -- by 342 runs against world champions Australia in Nagpur in 2004.

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Pakistan's remarkable win came despite the absence of their inspirational captain Inzamam-ul Haq due to a back injury and after they were three down for no run in the first over of the match on Sunday following Irfan Pathan's hat-trick.

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Pakistan, reduced to 39-6, went on to make 245 after a gutsy century from Kamran Akmal and then bowled out the Indians for 239 in their first innings to gain a seven-run lead.

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The victory avenged the 2-1 defeat at India's hands in the previous home series in 2004 and made Pakistan firm favourites to win the five-match one-day series starting on Monday.

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Asif, a tall 23-year-old from the northern town of Sheikhupura, destroyed the top order in quick time before Razzaq polished off the middle in front of some 12,000 screaming home fans.

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Asif, playing only his third Test match, dismissed Virender Sehwag, Venkatsai Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar in a hostile seven-over opening spell.

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India were reduced to 74-4 before the left-handed pair of Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj stemmed the rot by adding 103 for the fifth wicket.

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Yuvraj smashed 19 boundaries and a six before he was last out, caught behind off Razzaq.

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Former captain Ganguly, struggling to retain his place in the Indian team, had made 37 when he was trapped leg-before by Razzaq off the first delivery after tea.

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Razzaq then had Mahendra Dhoni (18) and Irfan Pathan (four) edging catches to the slip region as India slumped to 216-7.

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Pakistan had never looked back after removing openers Rahul Dravid and Sehwag in the first two overs of the innings.

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Skipper Dravid was given out caught at the wicket by Kamran Akmal off pace spearhead Shoaib Akhtar's fifth legitimate delivery.

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Sehwag was dismissed in the next over, his middle stump uprooted by a sharp in-cutter from Asif.

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Laxman and Tendulkar put on 55 on either side of the lunch interval but Asif stepped in to stop both batsmen in their tracks.

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Laxman was clean bowled by another in-cutter for 21 and Tendulkar had his off-stump shattered by one that kept a trifle low.

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Tendulkar hit five boundaries in his 26, but his dismissal saw India slump to 74-4.

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Earlier, Pakistan batted an hour into the fourth day to take their second innings from the overnight score of 511-5 to 599-7 before the declaration came.

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Faisal Iqbal moved from 103 to 139 before holing out in the deep off Zaheer Khan, ending a sixth-wicket stand of 196 with Razzaq.

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Razzaq hit 90, making Pakistan the first team in Test cricket in which all the top seven batsmen scored more than 50 in an innings.

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Razzaq fell 10 short of his fourth Test century when he attemped to loft Anil Kumble out of the ground and was caught at long-on by Yuvraj.